Explaining The Exceptional Preservation of Ediacaran Rangeomorphs from Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland: A Hydraulic Model

• Published in: Precambrian Research
• Main Authors: Brasier, Martin D., Liu, Alexander G., Menon, Latha, Matthews, Jack J., McIlroy, Duncan, Wacey, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 04 - Palaeobiology; Island Cove; Newfoundland; Upper Island
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2741/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2741/1/Alex_Liu_Precamb_Res.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2741/2/alex_liu_1-s2.0-S0301926813000995-gr1.jpg; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926813000995; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.013

Exceptional 3-D preservation of Ediacaran rangeomorph fossils is found on a single bedding plane at Upper Island Cove (Spaniard's Bay), Newfoundland. This high-quality preservation has previously been explained by entrainment of organisms within the Td-e mudstone division of a distal turbidite,...